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- RE-RELEASED!!! Supermarine Seafire Mk.III The Seafire naval fighter aircraft came into existence during WWII as a mere stopgap measure based on a standard Mk.V Spitfire airframe adapted by adding naval equipment. Three versions were produced, which were fitted with a RR Merlin engine, which were the Mk.I to Mk.III, followed later by Griffon-equipped Seafires Mk.15, 17, 45, 46 and 47 (Special Hobby offers the Mk.15 version under cat.nos. SH48116 and 48125). The Seafire Mk.III was unlike its predecessors, equipped also with a folding wing. A low-altitude tuned Merlin 45 engine made the plane much faster at sea level than the then current land-based Spitfire Mk.XII was. Eventually, the Mk.III Seafire version turned out to be the best WWII naval fighter of British origin. During its service on aircraft carriers, the Seafire's delicate and fragile undercarriage was a drawback, but once aloft, the fighter became a formidable enemy, which may have been witnessed even by Japanese pilots in the final stages of the war.
The SH48052 kit brings you the chance to build one of three Seafires that operated from aircraft carriers in the Pacific, one of which was flown by Sub/Lt R.H. Reynolds, a pilot with the highest score achieved in a Seafire. The other machine took part of the very last combat of WWII that British naval fighter pilots fought in. On the morning of August 15, 1945. Sub/Lt G.J.Murphy shot down two Zero fighters in this engagement. The kit comes on five sprues of grey styrene, one clear sprue of canopy parts, photo-etched parts and a set of self-adhesive masks.
Seafire Mk III 'Last Flight Over the Pacific' 1:48 SH 48052
SKU:SH48052
Brand:Special hobby
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£18.20
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We will only deliver goods to the address on the order.
We are closed on Wednesdays, Sundays and bank holidays so do not ship on these days.
Due to postal restrictions we are unable to send liquids, batteries including Lipo/Life and aerosol products by Royal Mail. These have to be sent by courier as they have to go by road. We do not send fuel.
If you wish to cancel your order after it has been dispatched, you will be charged for both delivery and collection cost. You will also need to pay any return costs if you wish to be refunded for your purchase (but not the original delivery costs).
Most orders will dispatched using a tracked system. Please make sure you enter your e mail address and mobile number on your order to receive text notifications.
If there is no one available when our delivery partner tries to deliver your order, they will usually try to deliver again the next working day or they will drop a card in to offer you a collection from a local collection point. If you should refuse delivery of goods, or are not available to accept the delivery on both delivery attempts, you will be required to cover any extra costs incurred.
Royal Mail staff and couriers sometimes leave parcels with a neighbour or in an outbuilding or at the rear or side of the property. If a parcel is too large to go through the letter box Royal Mail may return it to the local sorting office (not the local Post Office) but may not leave a card advising you. First Class may take up to 4 days and second class up to 10 days delivery time. Please check there first before reporting non delivery. Tracked deliveries will be 24 or 48 hour but may take longer especially around a bank holiday.
All quoted delivery prices are for most UK Mainland addresses. Northern Ireland (BT), Isle of Wight (PO30-37), Isle of Man (IM), Scottish Highlands and Orkney Isles (PA, ML, EH, KA, G, KY, PH, DD, AB, IV, KW), Outer Hebrides and the Shetland Isles (HS, ZE), Channel Islands (JE and GY) will incur additional charges and may also experience delivery delays.
We will only deliver goods to the address on the order.
We are closed on Wednesdays, Sundays and bank holidays so do not ship on these days.
Due to postal restrictions we are unable to send liquids, batteries including Lipo/Life and aerosol products by Royal Mail. These have to be sent by courier as they have to go by road. We do not send fuel.
Seafire Mk III 'Last Flight Over the Pacific' 1:48 SH 48052
Regular price
£18.20
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